194 results about "Stretch exercise" patented technology

An orthopedic damper system and method to control the degree of flexion and/or extension motion of the mobile vertebral segment while providing additional stability to the spine. The damper system includes an anchor having a spring hitch, a spring coupled to the spring hitch, and a cap coupled to the spring. The anchor is adapted to connect to a spinous process. The spring includes an inner hollow area adapted to accommodate the spring hitch. The cap includes an opening connected to an inner cavity that is adapted to accommodate the spring and the spring hitch.

A device for increasing the range of motion of a patient's knee joint comprising of a longitudinal track frame, having a sitting platform at one end and a movable leg and foot platform at the other end, driven back and forth by a foot actuation mechanism in a flexion-extension motion, linearly along the longitudinal track by an electronically controlled motor in accordance with user defined settings and operable in a passive, active or resistive mode in either a supine or sitting position.

A shoulder exercise bar intended for use with hemiplegic patients is provided which maintains a patient's hands in proper position during shoulder exercises and may also be used for elbow and wrist exercises. The shoulder exercise bar includes a crossbar which is adjustable in length to fit a particular patient. A plurality of handles are provided at each end of the crossbar to be grasped by the patient demonstrating weakness. One of the handles is angularly offset at each end with respect to a longitudinal axis defined by the crossbar and provides for versatile strengthening and stretching exercises for the patient. The orientation of the handles also encourages self resisted or isotonic strengthening exercises.

A device for variably unweighting or unloading and performing resistance exercises and stretches while performing cardiovascular exercises on a cardiovascular exercise machine or other exercise device, including a plurality of exercise elements at different locations above the machine or device, the exercise elements being graspable individually or in a selected number and resiliently extended in a variety of directions for reducing forces applied against movable elements of the exercise machine or device and for performing a variety of resistance exercises and stretches.

The invention discloses upper limb rehabilitant robot fingers and a wrist training device. The device comprises an installation base, a wrist rotary movement mechanism and a finger gripping and stretching exercise mechanism, wherein the wrist rotary movement mechanism is driven by a first servo motor through a two-stage reducing mechanism; a first-stage reducing mechanism is a gear reducer and is arranged on the front end of the first servo motor; a second-stage reducing mechanism is formed by intertwining a shaft sleeve and a rotary semi-circular ringthrough steel wire ropes and is located on the front end of the first-stage reducing mechanism; the first servo motor is arranged on the installation base; the finger gripping and stretching exercise mechanism is driven by a second servo motor through a two-stage reducing mechanism; a first-stage reducing mechanism is a gear reducer and is arranged on the front end of the second servo motor; the second servo motor is arranged on a palm support plate; the palm support plate is fixed on the rotary semi-circular ring of the wrist rotary movement mechanism. The wrist training device provided by the invention is simple in structure and strong in functionality.

A balance fitness machine is provided which is capable of automatically and stably and also uniformly effecting muscle exercise and stretch exercise and exercise for increasing sense of balance.

This balance fitness machine has a platform 1 capable of carrying a user H mounting thereof in a standing posture, a rocking mechanism 2 for rocking this platform 1 in front-rear, left-right, and up-down directions, and a drive motor 20 for driving this rocking mechanism 2. The platform 1 has a long-by-narrow shape and is linked to the rocking mechanism 2 through support members 48 formed of resilient bodies.

The invention discloses a modular soft rehabilitation glove and a modular soft rehabilitation system for assisting stretching exercise of fingers, and belongs to the field of hand exoskeleton rehabilitation robots. The shape of a flexible finger driving assembly in the modular soft rehabilitation glove and the modular soft rehabilitation system is similar to the fingers of people, the flexible finger driving assembly can be well fused with a hand of the people, and wearing is convenient; meanwhile, modular design is adopted, the flexible finger driving assembly is detachably arranged on a glove upper body, and finger drivers in corresponding quantity can be selected for carrying out rehabilitation training according to the number of injured fingers of a patient; multiple training modes arerealized; an exercise environment of the patient can be fit by changing the self form, too large impact load cannot be caused to the hand of the patient, and meanwhile, secondary damage such as strain injury to the patient can be avoided by changing the self form when the exercise of the patient suffers from great resistance.

The continuous passive motion exercise system enables human's joints to recover speedily to original functioning after injuries or surgeries, and thus shortens the period of time needed for joint rehabilitation. The present invention provides a force or torque monitoring device attached onto a continuous passive motion exercise mechanism to measure the driving force of the repeated joint flexing and extending motion, so as to evaluate the change of the viscosity and the stiffness of the injured joints through different rehabilitation periods. This monitoring device also monitor degrees of joint muscle's active contraction and thus slows down or stops the repeated motions of exercise mechanisms to improve safety concerns. In addition, such a monitoring device also includes a data transceiver interface utilized for transmitting and receiving the information regarding a patient's states of using such a exercise system in order to assess the patient and to provide doctors with the basis for evaluating and improving the rehabilitation condition of the injured joints.

A pull cord assembly for body stretching exercise includes an elastic cord member and a strand-like protective member. The elastic cord member has an elastic cord body which extends along a lengthwise axis to terminate at two anchored ends. The strand-like protective member has a strand-like body which extends lengthwise to terminate at two coupled ends that are secured with the anchored ends, respectively. The strand-like body is twined around the elastic cord body along the lengthwise axis so as to enhance the safety of using the pull cord assembly.

A muscle force assisting device includes a first attachment arranged along one bone of a joint, a second attachment arranged along the other bone of the joint, and a stretching-artificial muscle having one end provided on the first attachment and having the other end provided on the second attachment, in which an actuator that is extensible by supplying or discharging a substance such as gas, liquid and solid, or a mixture thereof is used as the stretching-artificial muscle, the muscle force assisting device assists motion of a user's joint such as an elbow, a knee and a wrist, a protecting member is provided on the first attachment as a path-restricting section that restricts a path of the stretching-artificial muscle, the protecting member restricts approach of the stretching-artificial muscle toward the joint, the stretching-artificial muscle is prevented from pressing a human body even if the path of the artificial muscle is changed by bending or stretching motion, and the a driving force of the artificial muscle can efficiently be converted into a stretching torque.

An exercise apparatus for applying desired stretch exercises while a user is sitting down on a chair or laying on his back. The exercise apparatus includes a portable frame, a leg supporting bag for fixedly supporting the legs of the user in the frame, and a sole pressing bag for pressing the soles of the user in the direction stretching the Achilles tendons. When the legs are fixed by the leg supporting bag, the soles of the user are pressed by inflating bags formed in the frame to stretch the Achilles tendons. The user can enjoy desired degrees of stretch exercises as well as massage on his legs.

The invention discloses a bionic energy-storing walking aiding external skeleton. The bionic energy-storing walking aiding external skeleton comprises two foot supports, two lower leg support bars, two thigh support bars, a hip joint assembly, and an energy-storing assembly, wherein the hip joint assembly comprises two pelvis brackets and a connecting piece connected between the two pelvis brackets; the two pelvis brackets are connected to the thigh support bars through rotatable hip joints respectively; the energy-storing assembly is connected between the pelvis brackets and the thigh support bars, and is used for storing or releasing energy in order to assist a paraplegic patient in switching between a standing posture and a sitting posture. According to the walking aiding external skeleton disclosed by the invention, energy generated through stretching exercise of the waist of the paraplegic patient on a sagittal plane is stored in the energy-storing assembly, the energy is released during hip flection to provide hip flection assistance, a part of energy is stored in the energy-storing assembly which is connected with the pelvis brackets and the thigh support bars and is used for simulating the hip joint extensor of a human body in a hip flection, and a flexible girdle for providing hip extension assistance is used for aiding walking of the external skeleton, so that the physical energy consumption of the patient during walking is lowered.

A knee-stretching device and methods of increasing knee range of motion in extension are disclosed. The knee-stretching device allows a patient to self-stretch and acts as a first class lever, applying force supplied by the patient's arms to the knee through the distal portion of the leg. The knee-stretching device can apply traction, varus, and valgus forces in addition knee extension force. Disclosed treatment methods include the use of the knee-stretching device before surgical intervention.

The invention discloses a device for leg movement of an ICU patient. A frame body of a bottom plate of the device is provided with a rotating shaft, and two leg movement mechanisms corresponding to the left and right legs of the ICU patient and allowing the legs to curl and stretch are connected with the rotating shaft side by side; the leg movement mechanisms comprise eccentric cams in shaft connection with the rotating shaft, the protruding edges of the eccentric cams are provided with T-shaped sliding grooves around the circumferences of the eccentric cams, the T-shaped sliding grooves areslidably connected with T-shaped sliding blocks, the T-shaped sliding blocks are connected with the lower ends of lifting rods, the upper ends of lifting rods are provided with leg supporting bodies,the lifting rods are further sleeved with guiding cylinders, and the guiding cylinders are fixed on the frame body; the rotating shaft is further in shaft connection with a first gear, the first gearis meshed with a second gear, the second gear is connected with an output shaft of a motor, the motor is fixed on the frame body, and the motor is electrically connected with a power source through amotor controller. The device for the leg movement of the ICU patient can drive the legs of the patient to rhythmically curl and stretch, thereby moving the legs, the structure is simple, and the production cost is low.

This invention relates to health and fitness, and more particularly to exercise methods and devices. More particularly, the invention is directed to stretching exercises and physical therapy, for example an apparatus and exercises for lower back pain. The exercise apparatus comprises at least three cells abutting each other on a common base or frame. Each cell can be independently inflated and deflated to provide an adjustable support cushion having a range of shapes and firmness. An articulated frame is optionally provided for additional independent movement of the cells. Users lie down on the cushion and produce precise stretches and exercises by controlling the rate and degree of inflation or deflation of each cell or group of cells, and optionally, articulated movement of the frame. Stretching can occur passively, as when the body conforms to the shape of the cushion, or actively by exercising in concert with the conformation of the cushion.

A stretching exercise apparatus includes a first leg frame, a second leg frame oppositely spaced apart from the first leg frame, a seat frame connected transversely to the first and second leg frames, a leg lift frame pivoted to the first leg frame, an upright bar extending upwardly from and connected foldably to a top end of the first leg frame, and an elastic cord unit extending through the upright bar and the first leg frame and having one end connected to the leg lift frame and another end extending outwardly of the upright bar.